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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454378103321

Titolo

The biographical dictionary of Scottish women [[electronic resource] ] : from the earliest times to 2004 / / editors, Elizabeth Ewan, Sue Innes, Siân Reynolds ; co-ordinating editor, Rose Pipes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-08807-6

9786612088070

0-7486-2660-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (470 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EwanElizabeth

InnesSue

ReynoldsSian

PipesRose

Disciplina

920.720941103

Soggetti

Women - Scotland

Electronic books.

Scotland Biography Dictionaries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Acknowledgements; Advisers to the project; Contributors; Abbreviations; Readers' Guide; Introduction; THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF SCOTTISH WOMEN; PLATES 1; PLATES 2; Thematic Index

Sommario/riassunto

This single-volume dictionary presents the lives of individual Scottish women from earliest times to the present. Drawing on new scholarship and a wide network of professional and amateur historians, it will throw light on the experience of women from every class and category in Scotland and among the worldwide Scottish diaspora. The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women is written for the general reading public and for students of Scottish history and society. It is scholarly in its approach to evidence and engaging in the manner of its presentation. Each entry seeks to make sense of its